Lund-Browder chart

Q: Lund-Browder chart is the most accurate way of estimating Total Body Surface Area (TBSA) in:

A) Burn
B) Pressure ulcer
C) Insensible loss
D) Vasculopathy
E) Calculation of Cardiac Index (CI)


Answer: A 


Though "Rule of Nines" is the most well known and most widely used method to estimate TBSA in burn patients, the Lund-Browder chart, developed almost 75 years ago, is still the most accurate method for estimating TBSA. It has a particular advantage of being applicable in adults, children as well as infants. Charts are available online with any search engine. Click on the link

https://goo.gl/so5eaC

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#pediatrics 


Reference:

Lund CC, Browder NC. The estimation of areas of burns. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1944; 79:352.